The NBA free agency is officially underway. The players were legally authorized to start negotiating with teams from the League from Monday evening, and there will be a wave of activities this week. The most surprising news of the free agency to date have occurred on Tuesday morning Bucks said they were signaling Big Man Myles Turner, who had spent his career to date with the Pacers, to a four -year agreement. How did Milwaukee make room for this shocking movement? By giving up Damian Lillard (and stretch your contract) in a decision that effectively makes the All-Etoile nine times a free agent.
The biggest move on Wednesday involved the Lakers. Los Angeles concluded an agreement with the old global choice n ° 1 Deandre AytonCompared, after Ayton had his contract bought by the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday. Ayton will now join Luka Dončić and LeBron James in Los Angeles, giving the Lakers a great man well necessary. Thursday, according to ESPN, the Lakers added depth to the center by accepting To bring Jaxson Hayes back On an agreement of one year.
Nuggets, Hawks and Rockets have been among the most active teams since the start of the free agency. The Nuggets added Cam Johnson via trade (with the nets for Michael Porter Jr.) and acquired Bruce Brown and Tim Hardaway Jr. in the free agency. The Hawks summer continued with the additions of Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Luke Kennard, and the Rockets should sign Dorian Finney-Smith and Clint Capela after landing Kevin during a business less than two weeks ago.
The NBA 2025 free agency class is not starry. The biggest names that could have been part of the free agent swimming pool remained in place without testing the waters. LeBron James, James Harden, Kyrie Irving, Julius Randle, Naz Reid and Fred Vanvleet all accepted contracts for the 2025-26 season with their teams in place. James opted for his player option of $ 52.6 million for the 2025-26 season with the Lakers. However, the NBA superstar will always be the subject of commercial speculation After his agent, Rich Paul, told ESPN that Lebron’s camp “would assess what is best for LeBron at this stage of his life and his career”. So LeBron could Be in motion, but not as a free agent.
With a lot of stars out of the image, who left for a free agency? The Warriors wing Jonathan Kuminga, the goalkeeper of the Bulls Josh Giddey and the great man of the Celtics Al Horford are among the best players remaining on the market on Tuesday evening. Notable veterans like Chris Paul and Russell Westbrook also are looking for new houses.
CBS SPORTS will keep an eye on the latest movements through the NBA free agency and will publish the notable players’ movement below in our NBA free agency tracker.
2025 NBA Free Agency Tracker
